Bill Text: IL HB1206 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for a valet service provider to refuse a consumer's request to store his or her motor vehicle overnight when the consumer indicates that he or she is too intoxicated to safely drive the motor vehicle. Provides that the valet service shall store the consumer's motor vehicle until 12:00 p.m. of the following day and may charge a fee of not more than $30 for the additional storage of the consumer's motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1206 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1206-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1206 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2LLL new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for a valet service provider to refuse a consumer's request to store his or her motor vehicle overnight when the consumer indicates that he or she is too intoxicated to safely drive the motor vehicle. Provides that the valet service shall store the consumer's motor vehicle until 12:00 p.m. of the following day and may charge a fee of not more than $30 for the additional storage of the consumer's motor vehicle.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2LLL as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2LLL new)
Sec. 2LLL. Valet service provider.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Motor vehicle" has the meaning attributed to that term by
the Illinois Vehicle Code.
"Short-term" means a period of time lasting not more than 6
hours.
"Valet service provider" means a person who provides a
short-term parking and storage service of a consumer's motor
vehicle whereby a consumer typically leaves a motor vehicle at
the entrance of a business or event and an attendant parks and
retrieves the motor vehicle.
(b) A valet service provider may not refuse a consumer's
request to store his or her motor vehicle overnight when the
consumer indicates that he or she is too intoxicated to safely
drive the motor vehicle. If a valet service provider accepts
the consumer's request under this subsection, the valet service
shall store the consumer's motor vehicle until 12:00 p.m. of

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the following day and may charge a fee of not more than $30 for
the additional storage of the consumer's motor vehicle.
(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful
practice within the meaning of this Act.